Deserialization in Apache Ddlutils

CVE-2021-41616

Apache DB DdlUtils 1.0 included a BinaryObjectsHelper that was intended for use when migrating database data with a SQL data type of BINARY, VARBINARY, LONGVARBINARY, or BLOB between databases using the ddlutils features. The BinaryObjectsHelper class was insecure and used ObjectInputStream.readObject without validating that the input data was safe to deserialize. Please note that DdlUtils is no longer being actively developed. To address the insecurity of the BinaryObjectHelper class, the following changes to DdlUtils have been made: (1) BinaryObjectsHelper.java has been deleted from the DdlUtils source repository and the DdlUtils feature of propagating data of SQL binary types is therefore no longer present in DdlUtils; (2) The ddlutils-1.0 release has been removed from the Apache Release Distribution Infrastructure; (3) The DdlUtils web site has been updated to indicate that DdlUtils is now available only as source code, not as a packaged release.

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.035 (88.7th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2021-41616: held from 0.035 to 0.035.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.035 · newest: 0.035 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-41616?
CVE-2021-41616 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apache Ddlutils, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-09-30.
How severe is CVE-2021-41616?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.